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Median household income, Black householders in Indiana

Indiana ranks 39th of 51 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Indiana, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Median household income, Black householders
Indiana$47,487
plus or minus $1,175
United States$55,157
plus or minus $255
All households in Indiana: $71,957 (plus or minus $352). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best White County $113,488, plus or minus $525. Ranked 1st of 20 counties. What is White County doing that works? Furthest to go: Elkhart County, $31,303. See White County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Indiana

20 ranked of 92
Margin of error
1 White County $113,488 plus or minus $525 $67,303
2 Hamilton County $96,423 plus or minus $8,743 $121,530
3 Bartholomew County $87,164 plus or minus $2,780 $79,901
4 Hendricks County $81,782 plus or minus $10,658 $101,144
5 Daviess County $77,368 plus or minus $17,202 $68,503
6 Porter County $69,872 plus or minus $14,717 $87,972
7 Cass County $68,060 plus or minus $2,158 $56,403
8 Knox County $56,250 plus or minus $2,242 $61,237
9 Clark County $55,424 plus or minus $12,513 $74,214
10 Johnson County $54,341 plus or minus $12,151 $90,454
11 Marion County $48,557 plus or minus $1,910 $66,346
12 Lake County $44,837 plus or minus $2,113 $71,493
13 Tippecanoe County $43,472 plus or minus $3,364 $60,636
14 Allen County $41,481 plus or minus $3,666 $70,737
15 St. Joseph County $41,180 plus or minus $3,794 $66,868
16 LaPorte County $40,670 plus or minus $4,115 $71,055
17 Vanderburgh County $37,456 plus or minus $3,857 $61,648
18 Madison County $35,000 plus or minus $6,446 $63,037
19 Huntington County $33,708 plus or minus $518 $66,301
20 Elkhart County $31,303 plus or minus $5,164 $68,561
Not ranked Adams County Not published: too few people in the survey $65,289
Not ranked Benton County Not published: too few people in the survey $65,875
Not ranked Blackford County under $2,500 Census reports only a capped figure $51,326
Not ranked Boone County $116,770 Wide margin of error plus or minus $109,309 $111,250
Not ranked Brown County Not published: too few people in the survey $78,528
Not ranked Carroll County Not published: too few people in the survey $65,645
Not ranked Clay County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,010
Not ranked Clinton County Not published: too few people in the survey $65,019
Not ranked Crawford County Not published: too few people in the survey $49,640
Not ranked Dearborn County Not published: too few people in the survey $84,735
Not ranked Decatur County Not published: too few people in the survey $69,783
Not ranked DeKalb County Not published: too few people in the survey $74,331
Not ranked Delaware County $34,840 Wide margin of error plus or minus $9,544 $58,127
Not ranked Dubois County $71,296 Wide margin of error plus or minus $25,971 $75,979
Not ranked Fayette County Not published: too few people in the survey $59,321
Not ranked Floyd County $39,250 Wide margin of error plus or minus $19,822 $79,704
Not ranked Fountain County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,542
Not ranked Franklin County Not published: too few people in the survey $78,074
Not ranked Fulton County Not published: too few people in the survey $61,360
Not ranked Gibson County $64,688 Wide margin of error plus or minus $34,854 $67,573
Not ranked Grant County $35,197 Wide margin of error plus or minus $15,238 $53,522
Not ranked Greene County $34,261 Wide margin of error plus or minus $14,738 $62,094
Not ranked Hancock County $104,948 Wide margin of error plus or minus $43,350 $93,186
Not ranked Harrison County $112,813 Wide margin of error plus or minus $108,015 $74,475
Not ranked Henry County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,150
Not ranked Howard County $35,019 Wide margin of error plus or minus $11,114 $64,027
Not ranked Jackson County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,262
Not ranked Jasper County Not published: too few people in the survey $77,314
Not ranked Jay County $88,750 Wide margin of error plus or minus $77,542 $54,969
Not ranked Jefferson County $45,625 Wide margin of error plus or minus $27,460 $64,577
Not ranked Jennings County Not published: too few people in the survey $69,322
Not ranked Kosciusko County $38,750 Wide margin of error plus or minus $12,732 $75,317
Not ranked LaGrange County Not published: too few people in the survey $84,487
Not ranked Lawrence County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,468
Not ranked Marshall County under $2,500 Census reports only a capped figure $71,808
Not ranked Martin County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,594
Not ranked Miami County $48,864 Wide margin of error plus or minus $18,687 $61,139
Not ranked Monroe County $49,188 Wide margin of error plus or minus $22,286 $65,868
Not ranked Montgomery County $39,750 Wide margin of error plus or minus $27,639 $71,479
Not ranked Morgan County $25,913 Wide margin of error plus or minus $25,691 $79,429
Not ranked Newton County Not published: too few people in the survey $75,481
Not ranked Noble County Not published: too few people in the survey $71,723
Not ranked Ohio County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,392
Not ranked Orange County $133,268 Wide margin of error plus or minus $42,282 $65,873
Not ranked Owen County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,464
Not ranked Parke County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,485
Not ranked Perry County Not published: too few people in the survey $61,151
Not ranked Pike County Not published: too few people in the survey $71,334
Not ranked Posey County Not published: too few people in the survey $78,129
Not ranked Pulaski County Not published: too few people in the survey $62,792
Not ranked Putnam County Not published: too few people in the survey $78,378
Not ranked Randolph County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,791
Not ranked Ripley County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,573
Not ranked Rush County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,473
Not ranked Scott County Not published: too few people in the survey $56,352
Not ranked Shelby County Not published: too few people in the survey $72,190
Not ranked Spencer County Not published: too few people in the survey $74,506
Not ranked Starke County $39,279 Wide margin of error plus or minus $15,917 $63,960
Not ranked Steuben County Not published: too few people in the survey $74,911
Not ranked Sullivan County Not published: too few people in the survey $56,204
Not ranked Switzerland County Not published: too few people in the survey $65,343
Not ranked Tipton County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,156
Not ranked Union County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,424
Not ranked Vermillion County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,200
Not ranked Vigo County $36,355 Wide margin of error plus or minus $10,652 $52,976
Not ranked Wabash County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,806
Not ranked Warren County Not published: too few people in the survey $82,425
Not ranked Warrick County $108,125 Wide margin of error plus or minus $53,062 $89,844
Not ranked Washington County Not published: too few people in the survey $64,641
Not ranked Wayne County $35,698 Wide margin of error plus or minus $11,938 $55,692
Not ranked Wells County Not published: too few people in the survey $71,957
Not ranked Whitley County Not published: too few people in the survey $78,083

Ranked: the 20 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.

    Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.

    Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?

  3. Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.

    Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.

    Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?

What you can do

  1. This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.